Getting an appraisal from Brian Hartzog Appraisals before putting your Allen County home on the market saves you time and money.

If you're planning on selling your home soon, an appraisal is absolutely necessary. An appraisal doesn't cost that much and it pays in the long run! Unless the homeowner spends hours every week on real estate valuation, like an appraiser, it's difficult for them to understand their local real estate market.

This isn't a discussion of how much you have invested in your home, or the amount you need to get for it. Instead, an appraisal assesses how much your home will bring on the open market.

Contact us for any questions regarding the specific services we offer for home sellers.

Selling on your own?

An increasing amount of IN homeowners are making the decision to sell their homes FSBO (For Sale By Owner) and foregoing the help of a real estate agent. But if you're going to do it right, quickly and for the best price, what you need is a professional appraisal. It can be very difficult to get objective opinions, and we understand that it can be very difficult to be objective about your own home because of your emotional attachment to it. We will explain to you what you need to know, not just what you want to hear.

Not only will getting a professional appraisal help you set a astute asking price to attract more potential buyers, a professional appraisal can:

  • Be a very useful bargaining tool when you find a potential buyer
  • Put buyers at ease with written proof of your home's condition inside and out
  • Call attention to any problems and eliminate overlooked repairs hassles that might hold-up a closing
  • Help prevent the odds of hidden problems that cause sales to backslide

People are surprised when they find out their home's value is more than they originally believed. So by taking the first step and spending a little on a professional appraisal allowed them to receive thousands more than they originally thought. Alternatively, some people have an exaggerated opinion of their home's value, by getting an appraisal it helped them to to realistically price their home in order for it to sell quickly instead of sitting on the market for months. An overpriced home rarely attracts buyers, which means no offers and no closing, wasting valuable time, money, and efforts.

Get a professional value opinion before listing

Even if you're working with a very skillful agent, it's in your best interest to get of your home's value to finalizing a listing agreement. And that's where Brian Hartzog Appraisals comes in. An appraisal can be extremely helpful in this scenario. It will give both you and your agent a comprehensive description for the unique features of your property which will give you insight into how the local real estate market is performing with a detailed analysis of the latest comparable properties in the area.

Consulting services for IN Sellers: Have a local expert at your disposal

Don't need a full appraisal but are looking for information about the health of your area's real estate? You might feel like an appraisal is not necessary but you require some help gathering local property and sales data. We can be a resource for your real estate decisions with services especially tailored for clients with your real estate needs.

This is a little bit of what you can expect when you order an appraisal through ....

  • Immediate response to your initial inquiry: We tailor information to the needs of our clients Just explain your situation and provide suggestions.
  • Swift turnarounds on appraisals: Usually in a weeks time or less from the date the request is received, you'll have a PDF of the report in your e-mail inbox.
  • Consulting and Appraisal report formats that suit YOUR needs: When it comes to appraisal and consulting, "One size does NOT fit all." We provide quite a few different of report types, and have an abundance of experience at providing appraisals to consumers that keep the industry jargon to a minimum in an easy to read format without a lot of industry jargon.
  • Prompt response to follow-up questions: Reports we create are written in plain English, comprehensible to people outside the real estate industry, and meet or exceed the Uniform Standards of Professional Practice that regulates the appraisal practice. If you have any inquiries about your appraisal, after you've read the report, we encourage you to email or call us!